Folding box



Patented Dec. 27,1898.

J. A; KINGSLEY.

FOLDING BOX.

(Application led June 8, 1897-7) (N0 Motief.)

Inventor.-

Witnesses.

Attoney UNrrn STATES V ArnNi innen@ JAMES KINGSLEY, OF ROCHESTER, NEVYORK.

F'oLDlNe Box.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 616,848, dated December27, 1898.

Application led June 8,1897. Serial No. 639,836. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, JAMES A. KINGsLnY, of Rochester, in the county ofMonroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Folding Boxes; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, andto the reference-numerals marked thereon.

My present invention has for its object to provide a receptacle,particularly adapted for use as a lunch-box, which is adapted to befolded When not in use into small compass, so as to be capable of beingreadily carried in the pocket; and it consistsin certain improvementshereinafter described, the novel features being pointed out particularlyin the claims at the end of thisV specification.

In the drawings, Figure l is a'perspective View of a lunch-boxconstructed in accordance with my invention Fig. 2, a horizontalsectional view When extended, showing in dotted lines the position ofthe parts When folded; Fig. 3, a bottom plan view, partly folded; Fig.4f., a vertical sectional view of the box when folded.

Similar reference-numerals in the several figures indicate similarparts.

The front and rear sides of the box (indicated by l and 2, respectively)are formed of stiff material, such as millboard or cardboard, and to thetop of the rear side is hinged the cover 3, having the securing-flap Ll,be tween which latter and the front of the box is arranged a suitablefastening device, as a catch 5.

The bottom and ends of the box are of flexible material, creased,folded, or otherwise rendered flexible on the lines shown, to formthefront bottom panel 6, the rear bottom panel 7, the triangularpanels 8and 9 at the ends of the bottom, and the ends of the box are composed ofthe panels l0 and 1l, fiexibly united to the triangular' panels 8 and 9and to the front and rear of the box. I prefer to make the bottom andends of an inner lining of heavy cloth, as 12, to Which is closelyattached, by glue or otherwise, an exterior covering 13, of stampedcloth, leather, or other material in a single piece, that covers the boxfront, bottom, and ends, giving the article a smooth and finishedexterior.

14 I4 indicate stretchers or braces of stiff cardboard or similarmaterial hinged to the ends of either the front or rear sides of thebox, (in the present instance they are hinged at l5 to the rear side,)said stretchers being equal in length to the Width of the box and ofsubstantially its depth and adapted when the box is set up to extend outagainst the ends and hold the parts rigidly, and when the box iscollapsed or folded, as in Fig. 2 in dotted lines, to fold against therear side, so as to occupy but little space and enable the box to befolded substantially flat, the cover being folded against the rear side.

The box -described is simple and cheap and is capable of being readilyextended or set up, having considerable capacity, and may be folded intosmall compass, so as to be readily carried in the users pocket.

It Will be understood that the boxes can be used for other purposes thanlunch-boxes, though they are particularly adapted for this use, and alsothat other materials can be employed than cloth and cardboard.

I claim as my inventionl. The herein-described folding box embodying therelatively sti front andrear sides, the ends iiexible at the center,hinged to the box sides and to the bottom, the bottom flexiblelongitudinally and iiexibly connected to the sides, and the stretchersor expanders hinged to the end ofone side and adapted to engage theother, substantially as described.

2. The herein-described folding looxem bodying the relatively stifffront and rear sides, the ends hinged to the sides and composedrespectively of the panel l0 and the panel 1l, said panels being eachdivided by relatively iiexible folding-lines, the bottom hinged to thesides and divided by relatively flexible folding-lines into the panels6, 7, 8, 9, the expanders 14: hinged to the ends of the rear sidesinside the ends, and the cover 3 havingthe flap 4. thereon.

3. In a folding box, the combination With the front and rear sides andthe hinged cover 3, of the bottom and ends composed of a single piece ofmaterial hinged to the sides and ICO having the folding-lines formingthe panels panels (i, 7, 8 f), l0 and 11, and the single G, 7, S, 9, 10and 11,1, and the hinged stretchpiece of covering material extendingover ers o1' expanders 14; hinged to one of the sides the front side,and the bottom and ends, and and arranged inside the box, substantiallyas the hinged stretehers 14, substantially as de- 5 described. scribed.

A el. In a folding box, the combination with the relative stiff frontand rear sides, and the cover 3, of the bottom and ends composed of asingle piece of material hinged to the 1o sides and having folding-linesforming' the JAllU'flS A. KINGSLEY.

\Vitn esses:

F. F. CHURCH, G. O. RODA.

